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95% willing to recommend
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Pros
"Dremio allows querying the files I have on my block storage or object storage.""Dremio enables you to manage changes more effectively than any other data warehouse platform. There are two things that come into play. One is data lineage. If you are looking at data in Dremio, you may want to know the source and what happened to it along the way or how it may have been transformed in the data pipeline to get to the point where you're consuming it.""We primarily use Dremio to create a data framework and a data queue.""The most valuable feature of Dremio is it can sit on top of any other data storage, such as Amazon S3, Azure Data Factory, SGFS, or Hive. The memory competition is good. If you are running any kind of materialized view, you'd be running in memory.""Dremio gives you the ability to create services which do not require additional resources and sterilization.""Everyone uses Dremio in my company; some use it only for the analytics function."

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"It has allowed me to move my data to the cloud.""There are many built-in connectors, which allow us to easily add new sources of data, often in minutes.""Sisense has helped us gain knowledge about our customers, as well as highlighting data quality issues to correct.""Allows us to execute heavy, complex computations on the fly so customers can slice and dice the data based on their business needs.""ElastiCube Manager is a very easy to use ETL tool, which includes the ability to easily transform raw data into reusable data.""A very simple setup: Easy to download, install, and updates are pain free.""Whenever we have an issue or are unsure how to proceed, they manage to simplify the issue and help us execute it in a graceful and scalable way.""The solution's technical support team is good."

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Cons
"Dremio doesn't support the Delta connector. Dremio writes the IT support for Delta, but the support isn't great. There is definitely room for improvement.""Dremio takes a long time to execute large queries or the executing of correlated queries or nested queries. Additionally, the solution could improve if we could read data from the streaming pipelines or if it allowed us to create the ETL pipeline directly on top of it, similar to Snowflake.""They have an automated tool for building SQL queries, so you don't need to know SQL. That interface works, but it could be more efficient in terms of the SQL generated from those things. It's going through some growing pains. There is so much value in tools like these for people with no SQL experience. Over time, Dermio will make these capabilities more accessible to users who aren't database people.""I cannot use the recursive common table expression (CTE) in Dremio because the support page says it's currently unsupported.""We've faced a challenge with integrating Dremio and Databricks, specifically regarding authentication. It is not shaking hands very easily.""It shows errors sometimes."

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"At present there are additional costs involved if we wish to share our data queues within this solution, which we would like to see removed.""This solution does not have tabs. In order to have tabs, you have to download an add-on to mimic the tabs. They should be integrated to improve the solution.""Larger datasets will sometimes give a "Accumulated logs" error when trying to make minor changes. T""I would love to have more customization capabilities for building dashboards, especially in creating custom widget sizes.""I would like to see more development and growth for the support of Knowledge Base and Community forums.""The solution's setup process could be easier.""They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard.""I would also like to be able to run a bursts of reports based on different field values with PDF output right in the tool, rather than filtering on each field value and generating each PDF manually."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Right now the cluster costs approximately $200,000 per month and is based on the volume of data we have."
  • "Dremio is less costly competitively to Snowflake or any other tool."
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  • "This solution is more expensive than Tableau, Qlik and Dundas. It is an expensive tool. They charge $75,000 while Tableau is $45,000."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Dremio allows querying the files I have on my block storage or object storage.
    Top Answer:Every tool has a value based on its visualization, and the pricing is worth its value.
    Top Answer:Dremio's interface is good, but it has a few limitations. I cannot do a lot of things with ANSI SQL or basic SQL. I cannot use the recursive common table expression (CTE) in Dremio because the support… more »
    Top Answer:The solution's technical support team is good.
    Top Answer:Sisense is good in terms of visualization, but it has some drawbacks. For example, it doesn't have any way to sort or filter tables directly on the server side. Also, you can't have multiple tabs; it… more »
    Top Answer:We use the solution to centralize all processes.
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    10th
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    6
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    530
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    5
    Average Words per Review
    373
    Rating
    7.4
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    Overview

    Dremio is a data lake query engine tool that creates PDSs and VDSs on top of S3 buckets. It is used for managing simple ad-hoc queries and as a greater layer for ad-hoc queries. The most valuable features of Dremio include its ability to sit on top of any data storage, generate refresh reflections and create visuals, manage changes effectively through data lineage and data providence capabilities, use open-source, and address the problem of data transfer when working with large datasets. The use cases are broad, allowing for high-performance queries from a data lake.

    Sisense is an end-to-end business analytics software that enables users to easily prepare and analyze large, complex datasets. Sisense’s Single-Stack BI software includes data preparation, data management, analysis, visualization and reporting capabilities.

    Sample Customers
    UBS, TransUnion, Quantium, Daimler, OVH
    Ebay, WIX, Wave Accounting, ESPN.com, Magellan Luxury Hotel, Paylogic, Sony, Merck, EDA, One Hour Translation, NASA, Plastic Jungle, Philips, Yahoo
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm31%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Retailer4%
    REVIEWERS
    University17%
    Media Company13%
    Retailer8%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Media Company5%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise74%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business57%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise26%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Dremio is ranked 10th in Data Science Platforms with 6 reviews while Sisense is ranked 17th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 39 reviews. Dremio is rated 8.6, while Sisense is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dremio writes "It enables you to manage changes more effectively than any other platform". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sisense writes "Business intelligence solution that has improved automation and provided meaningful insights". Dremio is most compared with Databricks, Snowflake, Starburst Enterprise, Amazon Redshift and Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, whereas Sisense is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Apache Superset, Qlik Sense and Amazon QuickSight.

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